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Beautiful Cane Toad

Rhinella bella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 54, February 63, March 64, April 68, May 47, June 52, July 33, August 73, September 59, October 22, November 70, December 65.
Ecuador670
Manabi185
Guayas139
Pichincha125
El Oro61
Esmeraldas45
Los Ríos34
Loja30
Santa Elena19
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyTrue Toads · Bufonidae
GenusBeaked Toads · Rhinella

Sources

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